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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Myron Richard Nabozniak.

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MYRON RICHARD NABOZNIAK

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

April 2, 1945 – September 24, 1970

Service record

Myron Richard Nabozniak, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 87

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
April 2, 1945
Home of record
Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 24, 1970
Age
25
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 87

Same unit, same day

From Warren

All 41 names from Warren →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.